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From: Karl Berry
Subject: Changes to manual/html_node/Matching-Control.html
Date: Sun, 24 May 2009 18:43:10 +0000

CVSROOT:        /web/grep
Module name:    grep
Changes by:     Karl Berry <karl>       09/05/24 18:43:01

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+<html lang="en">
+<head>
+<title>Matching Control - GNU Grep 2.5.4</title>
+<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html">
+<meta name="description" content="GNU Grep 2.5.4">
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title="Command-line Options">
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href="Generic-Program-Information.html#Generic-Program-Information" 
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title="General Output Control">
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+<div class="node">
+<a name="Matching-Control"></a>
+<p>
+Next:&nbsp;<a rel="next" accesskey="n" 
href="General-Output-Control.html#General-Output-Control">General Output 
Control</a>,
+Previous:&nbsp;<a rel="previous" accesskey="p" 
href="Generic-Program-Information.html#Generic-Program-Information">Generic 
Program Information</a>,
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href="Command_002dline-Options.html#Command_002dline-Options">Command-line 
Options</a>
+<hr>
+</div>
+
+<h4 class="subsection">2.1.2 Matching Control</h4>
+
+     <dl>
+<dt>&lsquo;<samp><span class="samp">-e 
</span><var>pattern</var></samp>&rsquo;<dt>&lsquo;<samp><span 
class="samp">--regexp=</span><var>pattern</var></samp>&rsquo;<dd><a 
name="index-g_t_002de-7"></a><a 
name="index-g_t_002d_002dregexp_003d_0040var_007bpattern_007d-8"></a><a 
name="index-pattern-list-9"></a>Use <var>pattern</var> as the pattern. 
+This can be used to specify multiple search patterns,
+or to protect a pattern beginning with a &lsquo;<samp><span 
class="samp">-</span></samp>&rsquo;. 
+(&lsquo;<samp><span class="samp">-e</span></samp>&rsquo; is specified by <span 
class="sc">posix</span>.)
+
+     <br><dt>&lsquo;<samp><span class="samp">-f 
</span><var>file</var></samp>&rsquo;<dt>&lsquo;<samp><span 
class="samp">--file=</span><var>file</var></samp>&rsquo;<dd><a 
name="index-g_t_002df-10"></a><a name="index-g_t_002d_002dfile-11"></a><a 
name="index-pattern-from-file-12"></a>Obtain patterns from <var>file</var>, one 
per line. 
+The empty file contains zero patterns, and therefore matches nothing. 
+(&lsquo;<samp><span class="samp">-f</span></samp>&rsquo; is specified by <span 
class="sc">posix</span>.)
+
+     <br><dt>&lsquo;<samp><span 
class="samp">-i</span></samp>&rsquo;<dt>&lsquo;<samp><span 
class="samp">-y</span></samp>&rsquo;<dt>&lsquo;<samp><span 
class="samp">--ignore-case</span></samp>&rsquo;<dd><a 
name="index-g_t_002di-13"></a><a name="index-g_t_002dy-14"></a><a 
name="index-g_t_002d_002dignore_002dcase-15"></a><a 
name="index-case-insensitive-search-16"></a>Ignore case distinctions in both 
the pattern and the input files. 
+&lsquo;<samp><span class="samp">-y</span></samp>&rsquo; is an obsolete synonym 
that is provided for compatibility. 
+(&lsquo;<samp><span class="samp">-i</span></samp>&rsquo; is specified by <span 
class="sc">posix</span>.)
+
+     <br><dt>&lsquo;<samp><span 
class="samp">-v</span></samp>&rsquo;<dt>&lsquo;<samp><span 
class="samp">--invert-match</span></samp>&rsquo;<dd><a 
name="index-g_t_002dv-17"></a><a 
name="index-g_t_002d_002dinvert_002dmatch-18"></a><a 
name="index-invert-matching-19"></a><a 
name="index-print-non_002dmatching-lines-20"></a>Invert the sense of matching, 
to select non-matching lines. 
+(&lsquo;<samp><span class="samp">-v</span></samp>&rsquo; is specified by <span 
class="sc">posix</span>.)
+
+     <br><dt>&lsquo;<samp><span 
class="samp">-w</span></samp>&rsquo;<dt>&lsquo;<samp><span 
class="samp">--word-regexp</span></samp>&rsquo;<dd><a 
name="index-g_t_002dw-21"></a><a 
name="index-g_t_002d_002dword_002dregexp-22"></a><a 
name="index-matching-whole-words-23"></a>Select only those lines containing 
matches that form whole words. 
+The test is that the matching substring must either
+be at the beginning of the line,
+or preceded by a non-word constituent character. 
+Similarly,
+it must be either at the end of the line
+or followed by a non-word constituent character. 
+Word-constituent characters are letters, digits, and the underscore.
+
+     <br><dt>&lsquo;<samp><span 
class="samp">-x</span></samp>&rsquo;<dt>&lsquo;<samp><span 
class="samp">--line-regexp</span></samp>&rsquo;<dd><a 
name="index-g_t_002dx-24"></a><a 
name="index-g_t_002d_002dline_002dregexp-25"></a><a 
name="index-match-the-whole-line-26"></a>Select only those matches that exactly 
match the whole line. 
+(&lsquo;<samp><span class="samp">-x</span></samp>&rsquo; is specified by <span 
class="sc">posix</span>.)
+
+</dl>
+
+   </body></html>
+




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